Ascent Trip Report

What an amazing corner of Joshua Tree Nat'l Park! The hike up was great, the sun was rising and we were in and out of the shade. The temperatures were perfect, mid-50s to low 60s all day. We snagged Aqua BM on the way up Spectre. Distances and gain are deceiving out here. Spectre looks miles from Aqua with tons of gain, but it is ~350 ft of gain in under half a mile. There is certainly more to explore out here for future hikes - not too far from home either!

13.8 milesMax speed 7.2 mphMoving Avg 2.4 mphMoving Time 5hrs 40 minLounged on top of Aqua for 30 min and on top of Spectre for just over an hour - blew the DPS hike time (11 hrs) out of the water....